Synonyms for solemnity
səˈlɛm nɪ tisolem·ni·ty

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1. solemnity

   Any religious act, especially a public act, viewed as a means of serving God is called a service; the word commonly includes the entire series of exercises of a single occasion of public worship. A religious service ordained as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace is called a sacrament. Ceremony is a form expressing reverence, or at least respect; we may speak of religious ceremonies, the ceremonies of polite society, the ceremonies of a coronation, an inauguration, etc. An observance has more than a formal obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite. The terms sacrament and ordinance, in the religious sense, are often used interchangeably; the ordinance derives its sacredness from the authority that ordained it, while the sacrament possesses a sacredness due to something in itself, even when viewed simply as a representation or memorial. The Lord's Supper is the Scriptural name for the observance commemorating the death of Christ; the word communion is once applied to it (1 Cor. x, 16), but not as a distinctive name; at an early period, however, the name communion was so applied, as denoting the communing of Christians with their Lord, or with one another. The term eucharist describes the Lord's Supper as a thanksgiving service; it is also called by preeminence the sacrament, as the ratifying of a solemn vow of consecration to Christ.

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, communion, eucharist, Lord's Supper, observance, ordinance, rite, sacrament, service

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1. solemnity

   Synonyms:
   celebration, rite, office, ceremony, function, pomp, parade, seriousness, pomposity, gravity, sacredness, awe, sanctity, impressiveness, imposingness

   Antonyms:
   noncelebration, secularity, simplicity, triviality, gaiety, profanity, desecration, unimpressiveness, meanness, tawdriness, vulgarity, unimposingness

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1. sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemnessnoun

   a trait of dignified seriousness

   Synonyms:
   staidness, solemness, sedateness, gravity

2. gravity, solemnitynoun

   a solemn and dignified feeling

   Synonyms:
   gravity, sombreness, graveness, gravitational attraction, staidness, somberness, gravitation, solemness, gravitational force, sedateness, soberness, sobriety

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Seriousness

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1. solemnitynoun

   Synonyms:
   rite (religious), ceremonial, observance, ceremony

2. solemnitynoun

   Synonyms:
   awfulness, sacredness

3. solemnitynoun

   Synonyms:
   seriousness, gravity

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1. List of paraphrases for "solemnity":

   seriousness

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1. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   Donald Trump was speaking two days ahead of the Republican primary in Indiana, where the latest polls show Donald Trump holding a double-digit lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. At a rally in La Porte Sunday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged Indiana voters to help Texas Sen. Ted Cruz deny Donald Trump the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination prior to the Republican convention. I believe in the men and women gathered here and the goodness of the American people that we will not give into evil, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said at one point. All across this country, millions of Americans right now are praying for you. You’re being lifted up in prayer right now. Any solemnity the occasion had was interrupted by a young boy who heckled Texas Sen. Ted Cruz repeatedly, including with the phrase, You suck ! One of the things that hopefully someone has told you is that children should actually speak with respect.

2. Joseph Webb:

   For me, it's too distracting from the solemnity, the austerity that I want to experience on my own.

3. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

4. Phil Stone:

   His reburial at the end of the week will have all the dignity and solemnity that his original burial never had.

5. Jamie Raskin:

   I haven’t spoken to [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi]today about this. Look, I know that everybody wants to focus on trial tactics and strategy and so on. I want people to focus on the solemnity and the gravity of these events.